Question 1

Why were women the prevalent victims of Europe's witch craze?

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The witch craze that swept through Europ

Question 2

Talk about:
-Thomas Hobbes

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Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher

Question 3

The Baroque painter who used violent motion, heavily fleshed nudes, dramatic use of light and shadow, and rich sensuous pigments in his paintings was

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A) Rembrandt van Rijn. 
B) Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 
C) El Greco. 
D) Artemisia Gentileschi. 
E) Peter Paul Rubens. 
A) Rembrandt van Rijn. 
B) Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 
C) El Greco. 
D) Artemisia Gentileschi. 
E) Peter Paul Rubens.

Question 4

What role did court life at Versailles during the reign of Louis XIV playing in enhancing royal power?

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Court life at Versailles during the reig

Question 5

The witchcraft hysteria began to subside by the mid-seventeenth century for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

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A) a tempering of religious passions in the wake of religious wars. 
B) the growing unwillingness of magistrates to accept the conditions generated by trials of witches. 
C) the stabilization of governments after a period of crisis. 
D) the questioning of traditional attitudes toward religion. 
E) the passage of laws recognizing the equality of women in European society. 
A) a tempering of religious passions in the wake of religious wars. 
B) the growing unwillingness of magistrates to accept the conditions generated by trials of witches. 
C) the stabilization of governments after a period of crisis. 
D) the questioning of traditional attitudes toward religion. 
E) the passage of laws recognizing the equality of women in European society.

Question 6

Talk about:
-Peace of Westphalia

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The Peace of Westphalia refers to a seri

Question 7

Cardinal Richelieu understood that, in Louis XIV's France, the most important roadblock to building a strong monarchy was

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A) the rising cost of warfare. 
B) witchcraft. 
C) resistance by the great nobles. 
D) armed uprisings by workers in Paris. 
E) peasant revolts in the countryside. 
A) the rising cost of warfare. 
B) witchcraft. 
C) resistance by the great nobles. 
D) armed uprisings by workers in Paris. 
E) peasant revolts in the countryside.

Question 8

Talk about:
-boyars

Accepted Answer

Boyars were members of the highest rank

Question 9

The first female painter admitted to the Guild of St. Luke in Haarlem and who painted scenes of everyday life was

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A) Artemisia Gentileschi. 
B) Judith Holofernes. 
C) Mary L'Orange. 
D) Judith Leyster. 
E) None of these are correct. 
A) Artemisia Gentileschi. 
B) Judith Holofernes. 
C) Mary L'Orange. 
D) Judith Leyster. 
E) None of these are correct.

Question 10

Jacques Bossuet's Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture

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A) rejected as ungodly Louis XIV's system of absolute rule. 
B) was the fundamental seventeenth-century statement of divine-right monarchy. 
C) stressed that a limited monarchy with representative bodies was the most divine form of human government. 
D) claimed that a king's authority and power were revocable under the law of God. 
E) justified a "holy republic." 
A) rejected as ungodly Louis XIV's system of absolute rule. 
B) was the fundamental seventeenth-century statement of divine-right monarchy. 
C) stressed that a limited monarchy with representative bodies was the most divine form of human government. 
D) claimed that a king's authority and power were revocable under the law of God. 
E) justified a "holy republic."

Question 11

Louis XIV used his palace at Versailles to

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A) dominate the nobility and display his grandeur. 
B) pursue his interest in scientific experimentation. 
C) cultivate luxury crops and enhance royal revenue. 
D) get away from politics and spend time with his family. 
E) provide a spiritual sanctuary from a troubled world. 
A) dominate the nobility and display his grandeur. 
B) pursue his interest in scientific experimentation. 
C) cultivate luxury crops and enhance royal revenue. 
D) get away from politics and spend time with his family. 
E) provide a spiritual sanctuary from a troubled world.

Question 12

Compare and contrast the reigns of Frederick William of Brandenburg-Prussia and Peter the Great of Russia. How are their policies similar? How are they different?

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Frederick William of Brandenburg-Prussia

Question 13

Gustavus Adolphus, who led the Lutheran armies in the Thirty Years' War until he was killed at Lützen, was king of

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A) Poland. 
B) Sweden. 
C) Denmark. 
D) Hungary. 
E) Austria. 
A) Poland. 
B) Sweden. 
C) Denmark. 
D) Hungary. 
E) Austria.

Question 14

Talk about:
-Lope de Vega

Accepted Answer

Lope de Vega, also known as Félix Lope d

Question 15

Talk about:
-Edict of Fontainebleau

Accepted Answer

The Edict of Fontainebleau was a royal d

Question 16

Influenced by his experiences in Western Europe, upon his return to Russia, Peter the Great ordered that the serfs be emancipated and freed from their boyar lords.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What ideas and practices caused conflict between king and Parliament in seventeenth-century England that culminated in civil war? What role did religion play in shaping politics and society during the 1640s and 1650s?

Accepted Answer

The conflict between the king and Parlia

Question 18

Talk about:
-Glorious Revolution

Accepted Answer

The Glorious Revolution was a political

Question 19

Talk about:
-Great Northern War

Accepted Answer

The Great Northern War was a conflict th

Question 20

Talk about:
-Louis XIV's wars

Accepted Answer

Louis XIV, also known as the Sun King, w

Why were women the prevalent victims of Europe's witch craze?

Talk about: -Thomas Hobbes

The Baroque painter who used violent motion, heavily fleshed nudes, dramatic use of light and shadow, and rich sensuous pigments in his paintings was

What role did court life at Versailles during the reign of Louis XIV playing in enhancing royal power?

The witchcraft hysteria began to subside by the mid-seventeenth century for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

Talk about: -Peace of Westphalia

Cardinal Richelieu understood that, in Louis XIV's France, the most important roadblock to building a strong monarchy was

Talk about: -boyars

The first female painter admitted to the Guild of St. Luke in Haarlem and who painted scenes of everyday life was

Jacques Bossuet's Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture

Louis XIV used his palace at Versailles to

Compare and contrast the reigns of Frederick William of Brandenburg-Prussia and Peter the Great of Russia. How are their policies similar? How are they different?

Gustavus Adolphus, who led the Lutheran armies in the Thirty Years' War until he was killed at Lützen, was king of

Talk about: -Lope de Vega

Talk about: -Edict of Fontainebleau

Influenced by his experiences in Western Europe, upon his return to Russia, Peter the Great ordered that the serfs be emancipated and freed from their boyar lords.

What ideas and practices caused conflict between king and Parliament in seventeenth-century England that culminated in civil war? What role did religion play in shaping politics and society during the 1640s and 1650s?

Talk about: -Glorious Revolution

Talk about: -Great Northern War

Talk about: -Louis XIV's wars

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Exam 15: State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century

Why were women the prevalent victims of Europe's witch craze?

Talk about: -Thomas Hobbes

The Baroque painter who used violent motion, heavily fleshed nudes, dramatic use of light and shadow, and rich sensuous pigments in his paintings was

What role did court life at Versailles during the reign of Louis XIV playing in enhancing royal power?

The witchcraft hysteria began to subside by the mid-seventeenth century for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

Talk about: -Peace of Westphalia

Cardinal Richelieu understood that, in Louis XIV's France, the most important roadblock to building a strong monarchy was

Talk about: -boyars

The first female painter admitted to the Guild of St. Luke in Haarlem and who painted scenes of everyday life was

Jacques Bossuet's Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture

Louis XIV used his palace at Versailles to

Compare and contrast the reigns of Frederick William of Brandenburg-Prussia and Peter the Great of Russia. How are their policies similar? How are they different?

Gustavus Adolphus, who led the Lutheran armies in the Thirty Years' War until he was killed at Lützen, was king of

Talk about: -Lope de Vega

Talk about: -Edict of Fontainebleau

Influenced by his experiences in Western Europe, upon his return to Russia, Peter the Great ordered that the serfs be emancipated and freed from their boyar lords.

What ideas and practices caused conflict between king and Parliament in seventeenth-century England that culminated in civil war? What role did religion play in shaping politics and society during the 1640s and 1650s?

Talk about: -Glorious Revolution

Talk about: -Great Northern War

Talk about: -Louis XIV's wars

The Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires

The Civilization of the Greeks

The Hellenistic World

The Roman Republic

The Roman Empire

Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World

European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750-1000

The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages

The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power

The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century

Recovery and Rebirth: the Age of the Renaissance

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century

Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500-1800

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science

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